vernissage

[ ver-nuh-sahzh; French ver-nee-sazh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural ver·nis·sages [ver-n, uh, -, sah, -zhiz, ve, r, -nee-, sazh].

Also called varnishing day. the day before the opening of an art exhibition traditionally reserved for the artist to varnish the paintings.
a reception at a gallery for an artist whose show is about to open to the public.

vernissage

/ ˌvɜːnɪˈsɑːʒ /

1910–15; < French: literally, a varnishing, touching up (of paintings). See varnish, -age

French, from vernis varnish

We had not heard of his arrival until we ran across him at the Vernissage in the New Salon.

Ledoyen's has attained a particular celebrity as the restaurant where every one lunches on the vernissage day of the Salon.

The spring came at last, and with it vernissage at the Salon.

You can't imagine how impatient I was to get back in time for vernissage.

By ten o'clock the night of the "Vernissage" all his acquaintances and intimates in Paris had brought him their felicitations.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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